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Hi Gengen I have just read this post with an amazed but sombre feeling. My GGF a Private Luke Kearney 8864 of the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers was Killed in action on the 9th of November 1914. What is strange is that it appears he died one day after Ernest. However the details are remarkably similar. On the day that Luke died 3 men including himself were killed, the citation is near enough the same stating the same area and intermittent artillery and rifle fire throughout the day. He is also remembered on the Menin gate. A family story which has been passed down from my grandmother states that Luke and two other men were together when they were struck by an artillery shell. What rank was Ernest? Just as the story goes Luke died with a Lieutenant and an nco a sergeant I think. We never really thought much of the story until we started doing some research and we in fact found out the casualty figures and diary for the day. I'm trying to currently find out the men named in the diary. I think there is a fair probability that my Great great grandfather Luke died together with Ernest. The story just seems too coincidental.I would love to find out more.